Nigerian sprinter, Blessing Okagbare has been handed a 10-year ban for doping.
Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare has been given a 10-year ban for “multiple breaches of anti-doping rules”.
The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said the 33-year-old was banned for five years for the use of multiple prohibited substances and five for not co-operating with the investigation.
Okagbare was suspended during the Tokyo Olympics after failing a drug test.
Brett Clothier, head of the AIU, said a 10-year ban was “a strong message against attempts to cheat”.
Okagbare won a silver medal in the long jump at the 2008 Olympics and has also won world championship medals in the 200m and long jump.
Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare has been handed a 10-year ban for doping violations. The 33-year-old has been handed five years for the presence and use of multiple prohibited substances and five years for her refusal to co-operate with the AIU’s investigation into her case.Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare has been handed a 10-year ban for doping violations. The 33-year-old has been handed five years for the presence and use of multiple prohibited substances and five years for her refusal to co-operate with the AIU’s investigation into her case.
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